Who amongst us hasn’t wondered if a snake can fart? Dani Rabiotti, a quantitative ecologist, posed that question to Twitter in 2017. Her inquiry into animal flatulence went viral, of course. From ...

The following is an extract from our nature newsletter Wild Wild Life. Sign up to receive it for free in your inbox every month. I have only vague memories of school sex education lessons. But I’m ...

The menstrual cycle plays an essential role in human reproduction. However, most other animals don't experience menstruation. So, which other species have periods, and what's the evolutionary point of ...